Anambra State governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, has revealed thaht his predecessor in office, Willie Obiano, left N300 million cash and a debt of over N100 billion as of December 2021.
Soludo made the revelation on a national television programme on Tuesday.
According to him, other financial details from January to date are still unavailable.
He, however, said he expects those documents to be made available as soon as possible, stressing that they are public documents.
“In terms of debt I inherited, it runs into hundreds of billions of Naira. In that of cash, we met about N300 million. In fact, let’s not talk about it. Our treasury is funny.
“But I hope we shall make money henceforth to help us fulfill our promises for infrastructure and development of the state. But in terms of what I met in our coffers, my brother, it’s pathetic. Please let us not go there. God will help us.
“The audited account of Anambra State is open source where anyone can see the assets and liabilities. We are still going to do the reconciliation and we intend to have a very transparent public financial management,” Soludo promised.
Nonetheless, Soludo praised the former governor saying: “Willie Obiano is an honourable man and he kept his word. He did his best to his utmost and he laid some good foundations; we’ll make amendments and continue the trajectory.”